Spool-carrier.



No. 637,'9ol. Patented Nov. 28, |899.

` J. SUMMER.

SPDOL CARRIVER.

(Application med Feb. 2a, 1899.)

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT Fries.

JOHN SOMMER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

SPOOL-CARRIER.

srEciFIcATroN omngprt of Letters Patent No. 637,901, rated Novemtef 2s,189s. Application iiled February 23, 1899. Serial No. 706,617- (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SOMMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Carriers 5 and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to spool-carriers; and my object is to facilitatethe construction, improve the efficiency, and increase the durability ofthe same.

My improvement relates generally, as above stated, to spool-carriers,and is designed to provide a support for the spool to hold it in theproper positionin connection with the machine to which it is designed todeliver a strand that is wound thereon and to provide a tension uponsaid strand by friction-bearing means and also to provide a convenient jmanner of placing the spool in the support and for detaching the same.The particular application I make of the spool-carrier is in connectionwith a frame in which a spool or spools are designed to be carried and aframe rotated to prevent the twisting of Wires together or to compensatefor the twisting of wires together to form a cable by separate means byturning the spools in the frame the same number of revolutions that aremade by the machines that make the twist to form the cable.

My particular application of a frame used for the purpose I specify maybe seen by reference to the application for Letters Patent of PeterSommer, John Sommer, and Peter W. Sommer, filed the 3d day of February,1894,`

the same. Fig. 3 is a section through the line X X of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail view.

In the figures, A is a rectangular frame.

A' and A2 are journals upon the ends of said frame. a a are perforationsthrough said journals.

B B is an S-shaped frame.

B B2 are oppositely-curved portions of the S-shaped frame.

O O O O are the rims of the spools designed to be supported within theframe, which said spools are carried, respectively, in the oppositecurves of the S-shaped portion of the frame.

D D are plates hinged to the curved portions cf the S-frame and bearingagainst the ends of the spools.

E E are bearing-plates fixed upon the ends of the plates D D and areformed to match with the circulnferenees of the rims of the spools andto bear thereon or to be supported in substantially a bearing relationtherewith.

F F F F are bolts fixed in the said portions of the frame A, as bestshown in Fig. 3'of the drawings, the said bolts extending out from thesaid frame some little distance and bearing through perforations iutheplates D.

f f are coiled springs bearing between and against, respectively, theheads of the bolts and outside faces of the plates D, substantially inthe manner shown in the` drawings, and are provided to hold the hingedplates D in bearing relation against the ends of the spools and thebearing-plates E in proper position with relation to the rims of saidspools to assist, in conjunction with the curved portions of theS-frame, in supporting the said spools as they are revolved with theframe A and also to enable the said plates D a sufficient lateralswinging from their hinges to free the bearing-plates E from contactwith the rims of the spools to facilitate in the removal of the spoolsfrom the frame and in the placing of the same therein. j

I desire to call the attention of the Office to a former application forpatent by myself upon which Letters Patent No. 546,358 were issued uponthe 17 th day of September, 1895, in which I show the means forsupporting spools in a frame and turning them Vacross their axes withinthe said frame and also supporting them to turn upon their axes underfrctional bearing upon the rims thereof IOO s caracol to provide atension for astrand being delivered therefrom. In my present applicationI show another means of accomplishing the same result.

The operation of the device is very simple. The spools containingstrands having been properly deposited within the framework, the wirestrands from said spools are carried forwardly and passing through theperforations a a in the journal A2, and the strands being drawn out atension will be obtained thereon as a result of the frictional contactof the rims of the spools with their supports. The supply of strand uponthe spools having been exhausted, they may be removed (or either one ofthem) by simply shifting the plates D laterally to remove therim-bearing plates E E from contact with the frames, when the spool maybe withdrawn from the frame. A spool is deposited in the frame in thesame manner-that is, by the same manipulation of the adjustable plates.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a spool-carrier, the combination, with a revoluble frame,havin gcurved bearing-surfaces, for supporting the rims of a spool, or forbearing against a portion of the circumferences thereof, and oflaterally-adjustable plates hinged to the said curved plates forengaging portions of the rims on opposite sides from the said curvedsupporting-plates, and means for holding the said laterally-adjustableplates in position for bearing upon the spool-rims but allowing them tobe moved laterally to release the said rims.

2. In a spool-carrier, the combination, witha revoluble frame of twobearing-plates for supportinga spool upon its rims, located upon theopposite sides thereof, one fixed with relation to the frame and onemovable with relation to the rims of the spool a supportingplate bearingacross the axis of the spool and hinged to the fixed plate.

3. In a spool-carrier, the combination with au S-shaped frame, thecurved portions of which are adapted to bear against a portion of thespool-rims, of plates hinged vto the S- rim and adapted to engageportions of the circumferences of the spool-rims upon the opposite sidesand adapted to be adj usted with relation to the rims of the saidspools.

4. In a spool-carrier, the combination with a revoluble frame providedwith a journal at each end, of a fixed curved plate adapted to receiveand support the rim of a spool on one side and an adjustable plateadapted to support the rim of the spool on the opposite side from thefixed plate and means for holding the adjustable plate under a yieldingtension to hold it in place to support the spool-rim and yield underpressure to permit the removal of the spool.

5. In a spool-carrier, the combination with a frame provided with ajournal at each end and revoluble at right angle with the direction ofrotation of the spool adapted to be supported therein, of a curvedbearing-face for supporting the rim of a spool, a laterallyadjustableplate, and means connected with said adjustable plate to support it insuch adjustable relation with the rim of a spool, all substantially asdescribed and shown.

6. In a spool-carrier, the combination With a fixed curved platesupported in a frame revoluble at right angle with the direction ofrotation of the spool adapted and to be supported therein, adapted tosupport the rim of a spool on one side, of a laterally-adjustable plateadapted to support the spool upon the opposite side and to be movedlaterally to release the spool-rim to permit its removal or.the placingof the spool in position to be supported by the plates, allsubstantially as described and shown.

7. In a spool-carrier, the combination with a revoluble frame providedwith a journal at each end, one of which has a perforation therethrough,of a iixedcurved plate adapted to support the rim of a spool on one sideand a laterally-adj ustable plate adapted to support the rim of a spoolon the opposite side and to be moved laterally to release the spool-rimto permit its removal or the placing of a spool in position in the frameto be supported by the plates, all substantially as described and shown.

8. In a spool-carrier, the combination with an S-shaped frame the curvedportions of which are adapted to bear against a portion of thespool-rims, of adjustable plates adapted to engage portions of thecircumferenoes of the spool-rims on the opposite sides and suitableyielding mechanism for holding the IOO plates under tension in positionto support the spool-rims but adapted-to yield under pressure to allowthe plates to be shifted, all substantially as described and shown.

9. In a spool-carrier, the combination with the fixed curved plate Badapted to support the rim of a spool on one side of thelaterallyadjustable curved plate E, adapted to support the spool on theopposite side, and the -plate D, connected with the curved plate E,

and hinged to the fixed curved plate B and yielding mechanism forholding curved plate A E, under tension in position to support thespool-rim but adapted to yield under pressure to allow the plate to beshifted, all substantially as described and shown.

10. In aspool-carrier, the combination with the revoluble frame A of thecurved plates B, B2, adapted to support the rims of spools on one side,the laterally-adjustable plates E, E, adapted to support the rims of thespools on the opposite side, the plates D, D, connected each with one ofthe plates E, and hinged to the curved plates B', B2, and mechanism forholding curved plates E, under tension in position to support thespool-rim but adapted to yield under pressure to allow the plate to beshifted, all substantially as described and shown..

il. In a spool-carrier, the combination with the revoluble frame A,provided with journal A' at its rear end and the journal A2 at itsforward end having the Wire-delivery passages a, ct, therethrough, ofthe fixed curved plates B', B2, adapted to support the rims of spools onone side, the laterally-adjustal'de plates E, E, adapted to support therims of the spools on the opposite side and suitable mechanism forsupporting the adjustable plates E, E, and for holding the same undertension to support the spool-rims but adapted to yield under pressure toallow the plates to be shifted, all substantially as described andshown.

l2. In a spool-Carrier, the combination with the revoluble frame A,provided with journal A at its rear end and the journal A2 at itsforward end having the Wire-delivery passages a, a, therethrough, of theXed curved plates B', B2 adapted to support the rims of spools on oneside, the laterally-adjustable plates E, E, adapted to support the rimsof the spools on the opposite side, the plates D, D, connected each withone of the plates E and hinged to the curved plates B', B2 and theset-screw F F F F, bearing through the perforations in plates D, andbeing fixed upon the frame A, and the spring f f f f, interveningbetween the face of the plates D and the heads of the set-screws, allsubstantially as described and shown.

13. Ina spool-Carrier, the Combination with the fixed curved plate B' ofthe plate D, hinged thereto, the curved plate E, fixed to plate D, theset-screw F F bearing through the perforations in plates D, and thespring ff, intervening between the heads of the set-screws and the faceof plates D, all substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SOMMER.

Witnesses:

C. S. TAYLOR, MINNIE HALEY.

